The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and 261 concerned Nigerians, civil society organisations, and media groups have filed a lawsuit against the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC] and Minister of Information and Culture Mr Lai Mohammed over the fines the commission imposed on Channels Television, AIT and Arise TV for their coverage of the EndSARS protests in the country. A fine of N3million slammed on each of the broadcasters by NBC last week sparked outrage and criticism with many calling for it to be withdrawn. SERAP and the 261 others concerned about it are now asking the court to “declare…
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President Donald Trump has reacted to US’ army rescuing a kidnapped American citizen, Philip Walton from bandits in Nigeria on Saturday. Elite Commandos of the US military had staged a military raid of bandits camp in Nigeria to free an American abducted in Niger Republic. The American, Philip Walton, was abducted on 26 October by suspected bandits in a village in Niger, close to Nigeria. Nigeria has porous borders with Niger. Trump, in a tweet said the country’s brave warriors rescued an Amerian hostage in Nigeria, while saluting the courage of the soldiers. “Last night, our Country’s brave warriors rescued…
Elite Commandos of the US military have staged a military raid of bandits camp in Nigeria to free an American who was abducted in Niger Republic. The American, Philip Walton, was abducted on 26 October by suspected bandits in a village in Niger, close to Nigeria. Nigeria has porous borders with Niger. Officials told ABC News early Saturday that the counter-terrorism mission was undertaken by elite commandos as part of a major effort to free the 27-year-old U.S. citizen before his abductors could get far after taking him captive in Niger. According to the report, the operation involved the governments…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said no fewer than 21 persons lost their lives in an auto crash on the old Enugu – Okigwe road. The FRSC Sector Commander in Enugu State, Mr Ogbonnaya Kalu, who confirmed the accident and the number of deaths at the incident to newsmen in Enugu, said the accident involved a low-bed articulated vehicle and a fully-loaded 608 Mercedes Benz bus conveying school children and their teachers. 2. Former Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, on Thursday, claimed that Military personnel…
The lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin constituency 1 of Lagos State, Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, has claimed most Nigerian youths are high on drugs all the time. Alli-Macaulay stated this during a plenary at the Lagos State House of Assembly on the looting and pandemonium, in the wake of the End SARS protest that was hijacked by hoodlums. She warned that the National Orientation Agency (NOA) needs to help change the attitude of the youths. The lawmaker said, “The National Orientation Agency needs to get to work. We need to begin to orientate our young people. They need people who can talk to…
The United Kingdom Government provided training and equipment to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police. On Thursday, Minister for Africa, James Duddridge admitted British officials trained the operatives between 2016 and 2020. Now disbanded, SARS acted with impunity, killing and torturing citizens. Their excesses birthed the End SARS nationwide protests and calls for an end to police brutality. The UK had initially denied any ties with the police unit. In a memo to Labour MP, Kate Osamor on Thursday, Duddridge said SARS officers participated in training “designed to improve human rights, training on public finance, and community…
Barely one month after the release of his critically acclaimed ‘Real Life’ video featuring Stormzy, international multiple award-winning superstar and Afro-fusion pioneer, Burna Boy, has released a new song born from a place of profound devastation: “20:10:20”. Released on Friday October 30, ’20:10:20′ talks about the recent uprising in Nigeria where, in a space of 12 days, hundreds of youth peacefully protested against police brutality by a special unit of the police force – Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). On October 20, these events culminated in the infamous “Lekki massacre” where the military shot into the crowd of defenceless protesters sitting…
Nigeria’s power sector has recorded its highest national peak of 5,459.50MW, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said. In a statement issued on Friday, the General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah explained that this new record was achieved on Oct. 28. “This milestone in generation is higher than any peak ever recorded in the nation’s power industry as at date,” the TCN official noted. According to her, “The new peak surpasses the 5,420.30MW achieved on 18th of August, 2020 by 39.2MW. “The Acting Managing Director, Mr Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, commended all the players in the power sector value…
Key World Trade Organisation (WTO) ambassadors on Wednesday tapped Nigeria’s nominee, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the best pick to lead the organization, but she was opposed by the United State of America (USA), which said it supported South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee instead. The ‘troika’ of ambassadors heading the WTO’s three main branches determined after four months of consultations with member states that Okonjo-Iweala was the most likely to obtain the consensus needed to take the top job, WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell told reporters. The initial pool of eight candidates for the WTO’s top post had been whittled down to…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has decried the inability of the government to adequately equip the health sector and properly kit health workers across the country. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated this at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja to mark this year’s Global Day of Action on Care. Speaking on the theme, Invest in Care Now, he believes the inadequacies of the government come even at a time when the world is grappling with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The NLC president explained that the theme was to drum up demands for heavy investments in the sector by the government and…